This willinclude the need to produce comparable indicators for UK regionsand countries, and to allow meaningful comparison with other OECD and EUcountries.Separately, the Executivehas already published a number of articles and analysis of productivityinformation in the Scottish Economic Report (SER) and further analysisis presented in the latest SER, published on 5 March 2004.The report “Measuring Progress in Smart Successful Scotland” due forpublication later in the year, will also contain a range of indicatorscomparing Scottish performance against OECD countries.The Executive consultsregularly with external experts, through the Scottish Economic StatisticsConsultants Group, on the range of information required to provide a completeunderstanding of the Scottish economy, and relevant comparisons with otherareas. It publishes an annual programme...